On Monday, July 7th, Crumbs closed suddenly, shocking employees and cupcake enthusiasts throughout the nation. Then, an investor group decided to bring the brand back to life, which sent its stock soaring. This cupcake saga has only just begun.

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The Frobot

Two geniuses, Melissa Nelson and Jeremy O'Sullivan, got the bright idea to put frozen yogurt in a vending machine. The Frobot provides a seven-ounce serving of one flavor of froyo for just three dollars. The Uber offices in D.C. have the machine already, but the inventors have some big plans for the Frobot, including swirling two different flavors and selecting different sizes.

Yes, the last Game of Thrones season ended a while ago, but now we have the wine to look forward to! An ad agency called Common Ventures plans to release 12 different wines correlating with various tribes/houses in Game of Thrones. The Wines of Westeros include Stark, Lannister,Targaryern, Greyjoy, Arryn, Baratheon, Dothraki, Tyrell, White Walker, Wilding, Martell or Night's Watch wines.

General Electric has designed a microwave that counts the calories of the food it's heating. It does so through an algorithm that measures fat content, water content and food weight.

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New Way to Defrost a Steak

A brilliant Taiwanese game show clip demonstrated to viewers how to defrost a steak without electricity in five minutes. You only need two metal pots and water for this trick. Just flip one pot upside down, place the steak on top and then cover the steak with the other pot. Pour water into the top pot. This works for one-centimeter thick steaks and even five-centimeter thick with a little more time.

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This week everyone was talking about Crumbs. Not only did the cupcake chain close suddenly, but then some investors showed interest in bringing it back into action. Crumbs crumbled, then got a second chance. It was a busy week in the world of food.